Monday, June 29, 2009

Libbie's Place











Several of our youth went to "Libbie's Place" and shared with the senior day care at Moody.

Tired, Hot, and Home!











We are home after a long, but great trip. Plans are already underway for next summer's mission!

A night of Radical Hospitality












We arrived in Lumberton Texas for the night on Friday. We were to stay with the Aliaga family, friends form Covington, who moved here a few years ago. their son Darien joined us on this trip!
When we arrived, the power box blew! We had no electricity and 17 hungry people, looking for a cool place to spend the night.
the neighbors opened their homes, we stayed there, and cooked dinner outside!
Would you be able to let seven or eight guest into your home at the drop of a hat?



Driving Home




We drove for 24 hours to get home! If you are not the lead dog, the scenery never changes!

Trip Home











We left Galveston on Friday about midday, and took the ferry across the water! You can even see a couple of dolphins wishing us good by!

Thursday, June 25, 2009





















We stopped at the statue of Galveston, depicting a father protecting his family from the storm. A huge symbol of Galveston. We were treated to a brilliant sunset as our time in Galveston comes to a close. We will leave in Friday, and journey to Lumberton Texas to stay with the Aliaga family,










Work Day 4
















On Thursday we worked at the home of Becky Johnson, and we cleaned the yard, removed molded wall board, and began removing the air handlers and duct work. We also worked on carry out things she had gone through and finally was ready to either keep or get rid of. You can see the water mark of the dresser that shower about three feet of water on that floor!
It was so hot, 110 with heat index, that the group we are working with , Help4Galveston, stopped all teams at 2:00pm. We had already fell exhausted! But with some recuperation we were able to rebound enough to enjoy and afternoon of relaxation in air conditioning and then some shopping at the Strand, a tourist shopping section of Galveston.